Meaning of spectrum disorder | Babel Free

Definitions

A physiological or psychological disorder which may take any of a range of forms or be indicated by any of a range of symptoms.

Examples

“However, there is no reliable evidence on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom.”

“Today, many researchers believe⟳ that compulsive buying should be considered as exhibiting elements of both obsessive-compulsive and impulse-control disorders, calling this theory obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder.”

“[T]he proportion of relatives shown as affected with schizophrenia actually consists of definite plus uncertain diagnoses of schizophrenia plus a hard-to-define category of "schizophrenia spectrum disorder".”

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